The Southern economic development model has failed to create shared prosperity in the region. In fact, this model was deliberately designed to do the opposite—to extract the labor of Black and ...
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) during the Biden administration has supported workers’ rights to form unions and engage in collective bargaining, standing in stark contrast to the Tru...
https://www.epi.org/publication/bidens-nlrb-restoring-rights/
The economy performs much better during Democratic presidential administrations than during Republican ones.
https://www.epi.org/publication/econ-performance-pres-admin/
The root causes of sluggish wage growth for most workers are intentional policy decisions that have led to an extreme imbalance of power between employers and typical workers–technological adva...
https://www.epi.org/publication/ai-unbalanced-labor-markets/
In stark contrast to prior decades, low-wage workers experienced dramatically fast real wage growth between 2019 and 2023, but many workers continue to suffer from grossly inadequate wages and mi...
February 27, The Honorable Bernie Sanders, The Honorable Bill Cassidy, Ranking Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 428 Dirksen Senate Office Washington, DC Re: Hearing of the Senate...
Executive This is a joint project with the NYU Wagner Labor State governments can play a critical role in enacting policies to combat the recent marked rise in child labor violations.
https://www.epi.org/publication/fight-oppressive-child-labor/
EPI’s Daniel Perez delivered the following written testimony before the Connecticut General Assembly Labor and Public Employees Committee on February 22, 2024, in support of HB5164—An Act Con...
https://www.epi.org/publication/hb5164-unemployment-benefits/
Last year saw a resurgence in collective action among workers. More than 16.2 million workers were represented by unions in 2023, an increase of 191,000 from 2022.
https://www.epi.org/publication/major-strike-activity-in-2023/
Submitted via email. This public comment is in response to the Congressional Paid Leave Working Group’s Request for Information (RFI) on a bipartisan paid leave To members of the Congressional ...
https://www.epi.org/publication/epi-response-to-the-bipartisan-congressional-paid-leave-rfi/